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Iran: 'Western pressure can hinder executions'

IranMay 29, 2024
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May 29, 2024

Executions worldwide at highest level since 2015: Amnesty

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Reports & Analysis

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Bangladesh calls DW report 'false and fallacious'

Bangladesh calls DW report 'false and fallacious'

Bangladesh's military rejected DW's report that the country sends human rights abusers on peacekeeping missions.
AsiaMay 25, 2024
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Argentina outrage over murder of lesbian women

Argentina outrage over murder of lesbian women

After the murder of three lesbian women in Argentina, activists warn of a rise in hate crimes against the community.
ArgentinaMay 23, 202402:01 min
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Human rights abusers dispatched as UN peacekeepers, DW finds

Human rights abusers dispatched as UN peacekeepers, DW finds

Officers from a controversial Bangladeshi elite unit are being sent on United Nations peacekeeping missions.
Global issuesMay 22, 202403:50 min
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Indian women take to the skies as drone pilots

Indian women take to the skies as drone pilots

Women in India are piloting drones that spray crops. It’s a social and economic boon for the women — but at what cost?
IndiaMay 21, 202405:00 min
Two young people eat in a community house for displaced LGBTQ+ persons in Kenya.

LGBTQ+ Ugandans flee homeland over harsh anti-gay law

LGBTQ+ Ugandans flee homeland over harsh anti-gay law

After Uganda enacted one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, some queer Ugandans fled to find safety in Kenya.
UgandaMay 20, 202403:33 min
Harriet and Araya, a Thai female couple, hold their 5-month-old daughter Lea.

Thailand moves closer to legalizing same-sex marriage

Thailand moves closer to legalizing same-sex marriage

Harriet and Araya, two Thai women married in the UK, hope to soon see genuine gender equality in their home country.
ThailandMay 19, 202403:10 min
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Press freedom

The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects media freedom. The UN has declared May 3 World Press Freedom Day. A free and independent media landscape is a fundamental characteristic of democracies.

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Uproar over Zambia's plan to regulate online broadcasting

Uproar over Zambia's plan to regulate online broadcasting

Rights activists say the government's recent announcement is an infringement on freedom of expression and speech.
AfricaMay 23, 2024
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Indonesia broadcasting bill elicits press freedom fears

Indonesia broadcasting bill elicits press freedom fears

Journalists say revisions to media law in Indonesia threaten to ban investigative reporting and dilute press freedom.
IndonesiaMay 23, 2024
A protesting woman holds up a Georgian flag and an EU flag in front of a mass of black-clad people

Georgia at a cultural crossroads

Georgia at a cultural crossroads

Georgian artists and intellectuals are alarmed by the country's contentious "foreign agents" law.
GeorgiaMay 23, 2024
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LGBTQ+ rights in Europe: Malta tops most progressive list

A new ranking and study shed light on the continent's most and least progressive countries on LGBTQ+ rights.
EuropeMay 17, 2024
Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces burn a rainbow flag during a protest in Tahrir Square in Baghdad.

Iraqi LGBTQ+ community loses social media safe space

Social media was a mostly safe place where Iraq's queer community could meet. New Iraqi laws will change all that.
IraqMay 4, 2024
Belarusian journalist Maria Savushkina looks out over a city landscape

Belarusian journalist-in-exile calls out state abuses

Reporters Without Borders has ranked Belarus as the worst country for press freedom in Europe.
BelarusMay 3, 202402:40 min
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